In the darkened gallery, specimens stand illuminated in cases: aesthetic sculptures produced by ancient geologic processes, their fragile filaments and geometric crystals possessing astonishing beauty.
It happened one day as Mr. Givenchy, a passionate collector of esoteric treasures, including rare gemstones and oversize mineral specimens, stood in his library and glanced at an emu egg.
The current age record for a fungal sequence from a type specimen stands at 220 years for a mushroom species, Hygrophorus cossus, collected in 1794 (40).
Even if one is skeptical about the hominin status of some of these specimens, it stands to reason that hominin contenders are emerging from deposits dating from 4.4 Ma to 7 Ma.
Because the smaller, predatory dinosaur taxa Troödon and dromaeosaurids (known from teeth found in microsites) are extremely rare (no skeletons or identifiable lag specimens), it stands to reason that Tyrannosaurus was not a typical predator [37].
For example specimen T160M20PC-1: T160 – stands for tube of 160 mm external diameter, M20 – stands for grade of concrete, PC – stands for Plain concrete, 1-stands for first specimen.
It was touch and go for a while for the whole species, until the government, care of petitioning environmentalists like John Muir, came in and declared the place off limits while major specimens still stood.
In his whole career working with creatures caught for millennia in amber, no bird specimen ever stood out like this.
Three practical image lighting setup options are available for specimen imaging: copy stand with light box; copy stand with fluorescent lights; and copy stand with strobe lights.
The drag forces were simultaneously measured for up to eight specimens in a plant stand at both partly and just submerged conditions.
